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"Sympathy For The Devil" line
Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:11 pm
"And I lay traps for troubadours, who get killed before they reach Bombay"
anybody have an idea on this line?
i'm thinking its a reference to the 1948 assassination of Gandhi, just not sure
anybody have an idea on this line?
i'm thinking its a reference to the 1948 assassination of Gandhi, just not sure
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Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:45 pm to No8Easy2
I always thought it was some sort of reference to the Beatles, Jagger and others visiting India to study under the Maharishi. But according to Songfacts.com:
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The "Troubadours who got killed before they reached Bombay" refers to the hippies who traveled the "Hippie Trail" by road. Many on them were killed and ripped off by drug peddlers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Those shady deals were probably the "traps."
Posted on 8/26/16 at 10:16 pm to Kafka
Ok thanks, I've also heard explanations that it somehow refers to the Beatles (and their India trip) or even about the Dacoit or Thuggee cults. I'm not exactly sure how it refers to either of those actually, maybe the Hippie trail explanation ties in with the latter
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